Creatives in tech, curious how many of you are brand design creatives vs. ad creatives? Also curious if you feel there’s an advantage to specializing in one vs the other

Hello folks,

What should be the minimal CTC that I should be willing to settle for? Max offer I have now is 26.

Tech: Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, Oracle
YoE: 10.5
CCTC: 13.8

Driving to Louisville from Chicago for a weekend in September. Any suggestions for food/nightlife there or must-see stops to take if driving through Indy?

Hi fishies , I have total of 3.5 yrs data engineering experience and total It experience is 7 years.
I have offer from quantiphi,tiger analytics and impetus Technology.
Wanted to know if anyone can help me out which company should I choose?
Which firm is better for career growth ,learning and work life balance ?

Hi fishes,

I have offer from cognizant. Need to know average annual appraisal and work life there? Also relocating from bangalore to Gurgaon, first time in North, how is the cost of living ? Ctc: 16.5 lpa, yoe : 6.5 yr

Hi Fishes, I am currently working in Publicis Sapient, I got a call from hr for ps connect for tomorrow. They might me ask me to either resign or they will terminate me. What is the best option should i resign or ask them to terminate?@

Any update about company present WFH policy for their Gurgaon location?

My husband has 3+ years of experience specializing in PL/SQL Development. Anyone have a lead for remote PL/SQL jobs? He's mostly looking on LinkedIn and working with recruiters, but is there better places to look? ZipRecruiter?

Any Jr to mid level agency producers with either prior prod co side experience, or experience line producing in house for agencies, looking to leave the agency world and go “vendor side”? Full time salaried with benefits.

Looking to book one night at a Marriott property in chicago to celebrate anniversary with my wife - mostly deciding between the Gwen and the Ritz. Which would you choose? (Assume price doesn’t matter)

Anyone made the jump from academic to industry? Low key tired of low pay and being at the mercy of a PI renewing the grant for funding. I feel like a glorified graduate student. what did you like and what did you hate about the jump. Do you regret it? Thanks.

Curious -what are some crazy things you were asked to do in order to land an internship? Creative applications?

What are the roles for SAP COE team, selected for COE team but didnt exactly understand the roles like if they support customers or do implementations or do kind of audits to the already implemented projects.

SAP Functional, SAP COE Team, SAP LABS INDIA

Just got laid off. They just cited shortage of work. First time something like this has happened and I am feeling low and lost. What should I do? I not even sure what to ask HR for? Please help I could really use some guidance.

Let’s take it way back when — How did you get into insurance? What was your first insurance based job? Comment below — Ill post my story below as well.

Hey Humans. I was checking a video from donut media and they started to talk about how weird is the movie CARS from pixar.
Some open Q: Why did the cars have doors, if there were no humans? Why are sidewalks, if its a car's world? Isnt strange that all hangars are filled with car parts?... is like having all the viscera and bones of your friends around.
Any other people around got hit by these realizations?
We cant even trust disney anymore! what if the lion king is also fake???

Just curious, I got a friend graduation with a computer science degree in a week or two. He located in the NYC area. Any companies looking for fresh talent, straight out of college?

I’ve got interview round 3 (of I believe 6) with a big tech company tomorrow and am wondering if there is any general advice the fine people in this bowl might have to offer.

Thoughts on Salesforce as a creative?

If you could choose a title would you rather pick Head of Brand or Creative Director? If salary and responsibilities were the same.

any of you pick up freelance work on the side? how do you find it if not via LinkedIn?

How much in RSUs is typically given at public tech companies (non-FAANG), over 4 years or whatever, for Creative Directors / essentially Head of Creative running a small department? I’ve mostly joined pre-IPO companies in the past. Trying to figure out what I should expect / negotiate for…

Hey anyone at LinkedIn Europe ATM? Can swap for some names at Snapchat.

I’m interviewing at Spotify right now. Anyone have first hand information on their work life balance?

What are some tech companies with a great in-house design + creative culture?

Anyone here do web development with their iPad Pro + keyboard, GitHub, Jekyll, html, css, JavaScript and live local hosting?

If you do. Can you please recommend any tips on which terminals you use. I can’t find any free ones that support git. I am thinking about buying a terminal app, but don’t want to get one that is a dud so I’m all ears if u have experience before I spend the dough. Also jail breaking the iPad. anyone do it yet?? I am a bit scared- but have rooted plenty of androids

Hello! Just reposting it here, is there someone from Google Brand Studio willing to look at my stuff for feedback to see what it takes to get hired there? Thanks in advance!

How common is it to get a signing bonus in tech. Does it depend on your level? If so, at what level?

how's is an employee's mental health viewed in bigger tech companies? i know taking mental health days is a pretty new concept for agencies (and honestly, i don't know if anyone actually does given the culture) so i'm curious to hear if mental health is taken more seriously/with more empathy on the brand side

I'm currently a brand writer at a small tech company. A MAANG company reached out to me for a UX writing role. I have some experience. But is it worth making the switch from brand to UX?

What are exit interviews like at tech companies? Should I be honest or is that useless?

Any Pinterest creatives here? Can anyone share what it’s like?

Any experience with Twitter Next Lab? A little scared to take the step from agency to brand-side. Is the work typically less exciting?

Over agency life? We’re currently hiring a Creative Director for our Watson Health team. Healthcare experience preferred but not required. You would be responsible for some new brand work coming up on the horizon for exciting new launches. Great leadership time and no one works after 5 PM.

DM me if interested

Any Apple referrals out there?